US probes Ford hands-free driving tech after crashes

A US road safety agency is investigating Ford's BlueCruise driver assistance system following two fatal collisions. BlueCruise is a driver assistance technology that allows hands-free driving on certain roads, typically motorways. In February, a Ford Mustang Mach-E using BlueCruise hit the rear of a stationary Honda, killing the 56-year-old driver of the stopped car, Reuters reported. BlueCruise checks whether drivers are paying attention using eye-tracking cameras, and prompts them to take control back over the vehicle if it identifies any drift in focus. The NHTSA's latest look at driver assistance systems and their performance, following crashes, comes after it announced an investigation into the effectiveness of Tesla's fix for safety issues identified in its driver assistance system, Autopilot.

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